... all day long you'll have good luck - but what if you don't pick it up? Do you get a day's worth of bad luck? Or just a lack of amazing fortune?
And if I should happen to spill some salt, which shoulder is it I'm meant to throw some over, left or right? Does it have to be new salt, or some of that which was originally spilled? And does a grain or two from the bottom of a saltmill count as a spill?
I know you're meant to avoid walking under a ladder, but does scaffolding count? After all it does tend to incorporate ladders...
If a black cat crosses your path, is it good or bad luck? What if you happen to be owned by said cat? Does the rule count then?
If someone else breaks a mirror belonging to you, do they get the seven years of bad luck, or do you? Or maybe you both get it, or end up with half each...
It's all just so complicated, almost enough to stop one from doing anything at all - but then that's probably bad luck too...
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Vide "De Divinatione Per Somnum" where Aristotle elucidates causes, tokens, and coincidences. He is careful in the beginning to not throw the baby out with the bath water. Of interest also is his reference to the gambler's maxim. The person engaged in the ritual is making no claim of rationality when seeking to inspire belief. In some cases the effort may be specifically to defy rationality.
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